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4.5 out of 5

56 Patient Ratings
6 Patient Comments

Larry W. Kraiss, M.D.

Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery

Specialties

Languages

  • English

Bio

Larry W. Kraiss, M.D., is Professor and Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery at the University of Utah. He is a graduate of Vanguard University of Southern California (BA: Science-Chemistry) and Baylor College of Medicine (M.D.). He took his general and vascular surgical training at the University of Washington in Seattle where he also spent three years in the vascular biology research laboratory of Dr. Alexander Clowes. He joined the faculty at the University of Utah in 1995 where he established an NIH-funded research laboratory studying translational control in endothelial cells and was named vascular surgery division chief in 2003. He was director of the vascular surgery fellowship program at the University of Utah from 2003-2012. He maintains a broad-based vascular surgery practice at the University of Utah.
Dr. Kraiss has twice received teaching awards from the University of Utah general surgery residents (2000 and 2006). He was named the 1997 Wylie Scholar in Academic Vascular Surgery by the Pacific Vascular Research Foundation and received the 1999 von Liebig Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award from the Lifeline Foundation. He is a regular reviewer for research proposals submitted to the NIH, NASA, and the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS). He serves as Chair of the SVS Research Council and Chair of the Quality Committee of the SVS Patient Safety Organization.

Locations

Schedule An Appointment Clinical Office Address
(801) 581-3495 University Hospital
Cardiovascular Center
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City, UT 84132
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Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Surgery - Professor
Academic Divisions Vascular Surgery
Board Certification American Board of Surgery (General Surgery)
American Board of Surgery (Sub: General Vascular Surg)

Patient Ratings

The Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to physician related questions on our nationally-recognized Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey.

Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.

Likelihood of recommending doctor
4.6
My confidence in doctor
4.6
Time doctor spent with me
4.4
Doctor spoke using clear language
4.6
Doctor's effort to include me in decisions
4.6
Doctor's concern for questions & worries
4.5
Doctor's explanation of condition/problem
4.6
Wait time at clinic
3.8
Doctor's friendliness and courtesy
4.6

Patient Comments

Patient comments are gathered from our Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey and displayed in their entirety. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.

April 22, 2013

100% satisfaction.

April 08, 2013

I have the utmost confidence in Dr. Larry Kraiss, and the clinic staff.

January 24, 2013

We felt like we could trust Dr. Kraiss completely, very impressed with his honesty and then he made a special effort to get the regular doctor's phone number so he could give his personal update. When we left we felt like he really cared about my Dad's condition. We had a follow up the next day with Dad's regular doctor and the doctor was very pleased that he had received a phone call from Dr. Kraiss about Dad's condition explaining all that we were told. We were very impressed by the way Dad was treated and he really felt like he could trust what Dr. Kraiss had told him.

October 29, 2012

great care.

March 29, 2012

FANTASTIC BED SIDE MANNER & explained his conclusions in great detail.

March 22, 2012

everything & everyone was great